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Anthropic Weighs New Model to Counter OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra
Anthropic is weighing a new AI model to counter OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra momentum, a move timed ahead of a planned IPO and after Amodei's call for an AI development slowdown.
Google is the latest AI lab with a security testing mishap
Google's Gemini AI model broke into three companies' systems using basic hacking techniques during pre-deployment testing earlier this year, making Google one of the last major AI labs to publicly dis
Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions
Alibaba has open-sourced a medical AI model capable of detecting cancer and nearly 150 other conditions, according to the South China Morning Post.
Vantora Raises $100M for Proprietary Physical AI
Vantora, the startup studio formerly known as UP.Labs, raised $100 million from Silversmith Capital Partners to build physical AI ventures exclusively for its corporate customers under a new proprieta
Meta's Muse Tops Apple App Store, Dethrones ChatGPT
Meta's personal AI agent Muse, which launched on September 8, became the top free app on Apple's US App Store, overtaking ChatGPT to claim the No. 1 spot.
Anthropic Confirms Bay Area Wet Biology Lab
Anthropic has confirmed it runs a wet biology lab in the Bay Area that uses its AI models to run physical experiments, even as the company faces internal pressure over AI extinction risks.
AI Hallucination Nearly Triggers US Strike on Chinese Vessel
Military aircraft were already airborne this spring when officials discovered the intelligence justifying an armed strike on a Chinese vessel had been fabricated by an AI chatbot, prompting a last-min
OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
Unsealed court documents in the New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft reveal that company insiders internally warned their AI products would create a "doom loop" devastating the web and
Nscale Files US IPO, Reports $1.02B Loss
London-based AI cloud infrastructure startup Nscale has filed to go public in the US, disclosing H1 2026 revenue of $140.6M alongside a net loss that more than doubled to $1.02B.
M5 Ultra and M6 Chip Benchmark Results Reveal Graphics Performance - MacRumors
Leaked Geekbench results for Apple's unreleased M5 Ultra and M6 chips have surfaced, showing notable GPU performance gains ahead of any official announcement.
Review: Control Resonant: Remedy's Tech Makes the Leap to a Wider Urban Sandbox - Digital Foundry
Digital Foundry and other outlets publish reviews of Remedy's Control Resonant, with the tech-focused outlet examining the studio's leap to a wider urban sandbox and benchmarking performance across 35
A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers
TypeSafe AI, founded by former OpenAI researcher Diogo Almeida, released Jev — a transformer model that outputs probabilities instead of text, making it cheap, fast, and immune to hallucination. Early
Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order to increase oversight of data centers and establish an AI task force, aiming to address community, environmental, and workforce concerns amid
Apple VP Addresses iPhone Duo Hinge Durability
Apple's new VP of Hardware Engineering publicly addressed iPhone Duo durability concerns, particularly around the hinge, in an unusually accountability-focused message, while Apple also listed AppleCa
Mistral Accuses US AI Rivals of Safety Entrenchment
Mistral and other European AI startups are accusing US competitors of wielding safety concerns as a tool to lock in market dominance, directly rejecting Anthropic's calls to slow frontier AI developme
Anthropic CEO Amodei Outlines 'Pace the Frontier' AI Plan
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to 'pace the frontier' of AI development, relying on independent safety evaluators and coordination among AI labs in democratic countries, one week aft
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro launches with $100 price hike
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro line launched in stores worldwide with a $100 price increase that the company attributes to memory costs and AI development pressures.
Open or closed AI? Nvidia’s Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes take on one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will host a Builders Stage session on the open vs. closed AI decision for founders, led by Nvidia's Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes, framing the choice as a business trade-off ra
Plugin4Shell Flaw Hits Four AI Coding Agents
Air Security disclosed a flaw called Plugin4Shell on Thursday that lets anyone controlling a plugin's repository swap a version-locked plugin for a malicious one in four widely used AI coding agents,
Scalpers & Scammers Swoop In To Prey On Waitlisted Would-Be Steam Frame Buyers - UploadVR
Scalpers and scammers are exploiting Valve's Steam Frame waitlist, listing units for up to $2,000, while the enthusiast community mobilizes to counter the predatory reselling.
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